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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
Chapter 2: What are the details of the indictment against James Comey?
A grand jury in North Carolina has indicted former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making a threat against President Trump. In response, Comey said he's innocent and this is not how the Department of Justice is supposed to be. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports that Trump has been pushing the DOJ to go after Comey for years.
The two-count indictment in North Carolina marks the second time the Trump Justice Department has tried to pursue a criminal case against Jim Comey. A judge in Virginia threw out the first case because the prosecutor there was not legally appointed. Now DOJ is accusing Comey, a longtime critic of the president, of threatening the 47th president.
referring to an incident last year when Comey posted a photo of the numbers 8647 in seashells.
Chapter 3: How did King Charles address Congress regarding U.S.-UK relations?
Comey later deleted the post and said he didn't know the slang term 86 could be considered a threat. Several legal experts say Comey's photo seems to fall in the bounds of political speech protected by the First Amendment. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 4: What recent events have led to a tornado warning in North Texas?
King Charles was on Capitol Hill Tuesday delivering a speech to Congress in which he said the U.S.
Chapter 5: What motivated the attempted assassination of President Trump?
and Britain built one of the most consequential alliances in human history and urged that calls to become more inward-looking be ignored.
I pray with all my heart that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth and across the world. And...
King Charles' speech to Congress came amid tensions between President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the war in Iran. He urged on yielding resolve and supporting Ukraine against Russia and praised the NATO alliance. President Trump hosted the King and Queen Camilla tonight for a state dinner. Strong storms have been moving through North Texas.
Chapter 6: How is Disney addressing accessibility with American Sign Language?
Local media reporting multiple injuries and damaged homes and businesses in mineral wells following a tornado warning in the region. Investigators still looking into what may have motivated a Southern California man charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump over the weekend. 31-year-old Cole Allen was a high school educator in Paris. Odette Youssef reports.
Allen's family members have told reporters that he was a radical leftist.
Chapter 7: What challenges does Disney face with their Songs in Sign Language initiative?
NPR has not independently confirmed these reports. But Jared Holt, an online extremism analyst with Open Measures, says writings and social media accounts believed to be associated with Allen paint a different picture.
They're really not that radical. Oftentimes it's like quite centrist, pretty moderate left wing, if anything.
Holt says that unlike some of the prior assassination attempts against Trump, the writings do not indicate that Allen was immersed in extreme or conspiracist information systems online. Odette Youssef, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. Walt Disney's Josh DeMauro is facing his first crisis as the company's new chief executive. The Federal Communications Commission, under Chairman Brendan Carr, has ordered an early license review of multiple ABC television stations owned by Disney. The order Tuesday came after a joke about Melania Trump by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
It drew calls from the White House for ABC to fire Kimmel. Kimmel survived calls last year that he'd be fired. Disney Animation released several songs from some of its most popular recent movies in American Sign Language this week to mark National Deaf History Month. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports that reanimated scenes are receiving mixed reviews from the deaf community.
Disney has given three songs an ASL spin so far. We Don't Talk About Bruno from Encanto, Frozen 2's The Next Right Thing, and Beyond from Moana 2. What lies beyond? The releases are part of Disney Animation's Songs in Sign Language initiative, created in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles to incorporate ASL gestures into the musical scenes.
And they've sparked a debate among members of the deaf community on social media. In a post on Instagram, lifelong signer Rogan Shannon says he applauds Disney for the effort it put into the challenging work of animating sign language, but he says he had trouble understanding the gestures because they were not represented clearly enough on screen. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
Asian shares mixed in Wednesday trading as efforts to end the war in Iran remain stalled. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.
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